A sequel to “Go the F– to Sleep” coming this fall: “You Have to F– Eat”

Adam Mansbach, the Berkeley author of the publishing sensation “Go the F– to Sleep,” is turning his attention to the kitchen.

“You Have to F– Eat,” a sequel that is written in the same satirical vein — an uproarious spoof of children’s bedtime board books — will be published Nov. 12 by Akashic Books. The small Brooklyn publisher drew unprecedented attention when “Go the F– to Sleep” sold more than 1.5 million copies around the world and was narrated by, among others, Samuel L. Jackson and Werner Herzog. A Jamaican patois edition was recently published and includes lines such as these:

Akashic describes “You Have to F– Eat” as “simultaneously affectionate and radically honest.” It adds a caveat: “You probably shouldn’t read it to your kids.”

A sample page on the publisher’s website shows one of the illustrations by Owen Brozman. In it, a glowering girl, elbows on the table, is seated before an untouched bowl of cereal and a plate of sausage and eggs. The sun is rising in the background. The text reads:
The sunrise is golden and lovely,
The birds chirp and twitter and tweet,
You woke me and asked for some breakfast,
So why the f– won’t you eat?

Mansbach is also the author of novels that adults can read once they’ve put their kids to bed: “The Dead Run,” “Rage Is Back” and “The End of the Jews.”